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Global Smart Infrastructure - Paving the Way for Smart Nations
Various drivers are propelling Smart City developments.
The impetuous towards developing Smart Cities can be driven by a number of factors. It may be that citizens, who have increasingly becoming accustomed to the convenience of services being made available through the internet and through apps on their smart phones and tablets become frustrated when ICT services and infrastructure aren’t keeping up.

India - Telecoms, Mobile, Broadband and Digital Media - Statistics and Analyses
A major shakeout in the Indian mobile market is inevitable.
India continues to be one of the fastest growing major telecom markets in the world. It is also one of the largest. Sweeping reforms introduced by successive Indian governments over the last decade have dramatically changed the nature of telecommunications in the country.

Egypt - Telecoms, Mobile, Broadband and Digital Media - Statistics and Analyses
Egypt’s MNOs receive LTE spectrum assignments.
Supported by a population of more than 90 million, Egypt has one of the largest telecom markets in North Africa. There is effective competition in most sectors, while one key development has been the recent award of unified licences to allow operators to offer services in the fixed-line and mobile sectors.

Global Smart Infrastructure - Paving the Way for Smart Nations
Various drivers are propelling Smart City developments.
The impetuous towards developing Smart Cities can be driven by a number of factors. It may be that citizens, who have increasingly becoming accustomed to the convenience of services being made available through the internet and through apps on their smart phones and tablets become frustrated when ICT services and infrastructure aren’t keeping up.

Global Smart Energy - Smart Grids and Smart Meter Market
There is no doubt that we are in the midst of an energy revolution. Not only is the nature of energy changing from fossil-generated energy to renewable – there is a total change in the distribution structure occurring with less focus on centralisation and more on distributed energy.

Australia - Mobile Communications - Mobile Network Operators and MNVOs
The Australian mobile market is dominated by the three major mobile network operators Telstra, Optus, and Vodafone (VHA), though there are numerous MVNOs which have a significant market share. These have been able to offer LTE services on a wholesale basis since early 2016, thus encouraging growth in the LTE sector and cementing the role which MVNOs play in the overall market.

Kuwait - Telecoms, Mobile, Broadband and Digital Media - Statistics and Analyses
Telecoms sector becomes increasingly important to Kuwait’s economyKuwait offers a dynamic telecoms sector with a strong bias towards mobile infrastructure and services. The country offers opportunities due to its high penetration of mobile and vast LTE coverage - combined with an emerging mobile content and services sector.

Vocus - M2
Vocus is an Australian based telecommunications provider with offices in Australia and New Zealand. Its services include co-location, internet, voice, fibre and ethernet services. Vocus merged with M2 Communications in 2016 and acquired Amcom in 2015, a second-tier telecommunications carrier providing fibre, cloud services, IP voice solutions, broadband, data centre, and internet services to corporate and government.

TPG Telecom Limited
TPG Telecom Limited provides telecoms and multimedia services in the Australian marketplace. TPG acquired local ISP iiNet. TPG is now Australia's second-biggest provider of fixed-line broadband in Australia with over 1.

Syria - Telecoms, Mobile and Broadband - Statistics and Analyses
Maintaining basic telecommunications services has become a priority for war-torn SyriaThe civil war which has been underway in Syria for many years has left a trail of destruction and despair. The serious humanitarian issues have gained the international attention of the global community and efforts are underway to alleviate some of the more urgent needs, such as food shortages and medical attention.

Nextgen Networks (Nextgen Group)
Nextgen Networks (Nextgen) is a licensed telecommunications carrier and the company specialises in data services for carriers, service providers, government and corporations. The company was also awarded an RSP license for the NBN Co trial areas.

Nextgen Networks (Nextgen Group)
Nextgen Networks (Nextgen) is a licensed telecommunications carrier and the company specialises in data services for carriers, service providers, government and corporations. The company was also awarded an RSP license for the NBN Co trial areas.

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Luxembourg - Telecoms, Mobile, Broadband and Digital Media - Statistics and Analyses
Post Luxembourg reports continuing growth in the telecoms sectorOverall revenue from electronic communications services in Luxembourg has increased steadily during the last two years though revenue remains under pressure from regulatory measures on areas such as interconnection tariffs and roaming charges, as also by lower consumer use of fixed-line voice services and by the prevalence of VoIP/VoBB over traditional PSTN lines.

Belarus - Telecoms, Mobile, Broadband and Digital Media - Statistics and Analyses
Belarus’s wholesale mobile provider beCloud trialling 5GBelarus’s economic growth has stalled in recent years, with GDP showing negative growth between 2015 and 2017. Although inflation has been brought down to more manageable levels since the hyper-inflationary year of 2011, it remains high while the value of the Ruble has fallen in relation to other currencies, including the Euro.

Benin - Telecoms, Mobile and Broadband - Statistics and Analyses
Benin government set to restructure state-owned telcosDevelopment within Benin’s telecom market continues to be restricted by the poor condition of the country’s fixed-line infrastructure. The use of fixed-line voice and internet services is low, and consequently little revenue is derived from these sectors.

Morocco - Mobile Infrastructure, Operators and Broadband - Statistics and Analyses
Morocco’s mobile market has one of the highest penetration rates in the region, at about 133% by the end of 2015. All three mobile network operators also offer fixed-line or fixed-wireless services, and the boundaries between fixed and mobile services are disappearing as technologies and services provided by these players converge.

BuddeComm Intelligence Report - VoIP and Mobile VoIP Statistics and Insights
VoIP subscriptions worldwide have increased substantially, with further growth predicted in the years to 2020 as more and more residential customers and businesses turn to VoIP to reduce costs. If we examine the fixed-line PSTN and VoIP subscriber base, we see that the downward trend in PSTN subscriptions is almost completely compensated by the increase in VoIP accounts.

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